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dorsal cubitus

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English term or phrase:	dorsal decubitus
Chinese translation:	仰卧
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07:58 Feb 3, 2006

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English term or phrase: dorsal cubitus

请问，"dorsal cubitus"是什么意思？多谢！
Text:
The corpses are buried in dorsal cubitus position.

ysun KudoZ activity Questions: 110 (none open) (4 without valid answers) (2 closed without grading) Answers: 1050 United States
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两种可能

Explanation:
一种是双臂向后背,就象中国小学生上课一样.
另外一种可能是dorsal decubitus position; 仰卧位

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Lu Zou
Australia
Local time: 04:23

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I think this scientific guess is very reasonable. "Dorsal cubitus" might have been a typo since Google results show that the phrase is being used by very few people only. Thank you, Lu Zou, and thank you, everybody! By the way, 现在中国小学生上课仍然是双臂向后背吗？
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3 +3

两种可能

Lu Zou

不懂装懂法：根据英文知道：这些尸体以啥啥啥姿势埋葬

Last Hermit

呈两臂屈曲状

Naikei Wong

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26 mins confidence:

呈两臂屈曲状

Explanation:
The entire Yahoo and Google search engines couldn’t generate good matches on this term except the original source. I suspect the writer just made it up:

http://www.welcomeargentina.com/paseos/museo_arqueologico_mu...

If the picture showing the corpses indicates how that position is like, then maybe you can put it metaphorically (as would be the case in the original text).

Definitions of cubitus:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cubitus

cubitus - hinge joint between the forearm and upper arm and the corresponding joint in the forelimb of a quadruped

cubitus - the arm from the elbow to the fingertips

“dorsal” just means “back” or “back side” in anatomy… Cheers

Reference: http://www.welcomeargentina.com/paseos/museo_arqueologico_mu...
Reference: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cubitus

Naikei Wong
Hong Kong
Local time: 01:23
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28 mins confidence:

不懂装懂法：根据英文知道：这些尸体以啥啥啥姿势埋葬

Explanation:
1）“dorsal”为解剖学的“背”
2）“cubitus”有两义：其一为，［解］前臂；尺骨。其二为，（昆虫的）肘脉。

故，原义似为：
1）尸体埋葬时肘脉背向　或
2）尸体埋葬时前臂背向

外行，瞎说，聊博一粲。

Last Hermit
China
Local time: 01:23
Native speaker of:

Chinese

53 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

两种可能

Explanation:
一种是双臂向后背,就象中国小学生上课一样.
另外一种可能是dorsal decubitus position; 仰卧位

Reference: http://www.alrf.asso.fr/site_uk/techniques/mbrinfplexuslomb1...

Lu Zou
Australia
Local time: 04:23
Native speaker of:

Chinese
PRO pts in category: 24

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